An investigation was opened after the assault on the night of Saturday to Sunday of a police officer, injured in the ankle "because of his duties," we learned from the Lyon prosecutor's office.
According to the local information site LyonMag.com, which revealed the information, the policeman was not on duty and was returning home, in the sector of boulevard Yves Farge in the 7th arrondissement, when a car came arrested before him and his companion. One of the two occupants of the car then insulted him and called him a “dirty cop”. Young people from the neighborhood then joined the scene by attacking and hitting the couple.
The public prosecutor's office entrusted the departmental security of the departmental public security department (DDSP) of the Rhône with the investigation for "willful violence in a meeting and with a weapon committed against a person holding public authority and his spouse because of his functions ”.
Operated ankle Monday
The police official must be operated on ankle Monday, said the prosecution. At this stage, no details were available on the mobile of the attack or on the question of whether the victim knew his attackers.
This attack occurs in a sensitive context of demonstrations in France and worldwide against police violence.
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